“I participated in a Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for RoC Skincare. I received product to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for my participation.” What to do! As an aging baby booming diva type woman, I want to be able to play with makeup and glimmer eye shadow. And yet when I look in the mirror all I see are the wrinkles, bags and puffy wuffies under my eyes. I don’t want my eyes to get lost in those wrinkles. So I decided to tray RoC ... continue reading...
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5 Ways That Movies Become Hits
When a movie is released, the studio usually has some sort of idea of how successful the movie will be. There has been marketing research done prior to the movie's official release, and the film is usually played for test audiences to see what people think of the movie. Movie studios do their best to make a film as successful as possible, but sometimes a production will take off and become a success for reasons that the studio would have never expected. The Trailer Was Extremely ... continue reading...
Blu-ray review: Walt Disney Short Films Collection
Walt Disney Short Films Collection I love film in all shapes and sizes. Today I received the new Disney Short Films Collection. You do not know how psyched I am. The Disney shorts are half the reason that I go to the theatrical releases of the Disney films even the ones I’m not thrilled about. The feature tie-INS I’m not that big on, however I really love things like Paperman, Feast and The Little Match Girl. What I really love about these is that they push the form and show passion for the ... continue reading...
Book reviews: The Last Pilot
The Last Pilot Author: Benjamin Johncock Intimate as a cell, The Last Pilot suckles its characters like a besotted new mother. As Johncock lays out the marriage of 1950s test pilot Jim Harrison and his wife Grace, he also describes Harrison’s livelihood as a part of the NASA/Cold War Space Race (1955-1972) between the United States and the Soviet Union. Each character tessellates into the big picture of ambition and fervor as the U.S. fights to be first to win the race to Space. When the ... continue reading...
Book reviews: Villa America
Villa America Author: Liza Klaussmann “Wouldn’t it be nice to think so,” says Jake to Lady Brett Ashley in the Sun Also Rises. And so goes the theme of the novel Villa America by Liza Klaussmann, an historical fictional tome set in the Cap d’Antibes revolving around the successful marriage of Sara and Gerald Murphy, socialites of the so called 1920s Lost Generation. Based indeed on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s locale setting in Tender is the Night, Ms. Klaussmann’s Villa America delves deeply and ... continue reading...
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